War and Peace

Nuclear missiles

Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap

For our national security, we need self-control more than we need arms-control talks.

Mar 27, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

John Bolton

Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet

Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy.

Mar 27, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump Opioid Speech

Donald Trump Has Been True to His Word on Human Rights Donald Trump Has Been True to His Word on Human Rights

His friendships with the world’s most notorious autocrats tell us everything we need to know. 

Mar 26, 2018 / John Feffer

john bolton lobby trump tower

What Congress Can Do to Check a Warmongering Lunatic What Congress Can Do to Check a Warmongering Lunatic

John Bolton’s appointment as national-security adviser does not require Senate confirmation. That doesn’t mean Congress is powerless.

Mar 26, 2018 / John Nichols

Espinosa Journalist Murdered Mexico Veracruz

Welcome to Veracruz, Mexico, One of the Most Dangerous Places in the World to Be a Journalist Welcome to Veracruz, Mexico, One of the Most Dangerous Places in the World to Be a Journalist

Killing reporters here is only one element in a campaign of state terror.

Mar 23, 2018 / James North

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia Endorses Putin as a Trusted Leader While Washington and London Condemn Him (Again) Russia Endorses Putin as a Trusted Leader While Washington and London Condemn Him (Again)

Some reflections on the Russian presidential election and on the Sergei Skripal case.

Mar 22, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Moon Jae-in

South Korean President Moon’s Gamble for Peace With North Korea Has Paid Off South Korean President Moon’s Gamble for Peace With North Korea Has Paid Off

But the diplomatic process will be managed by US and Korean spy agencies.

Mar 22, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

Mideast Bahrain US Military

Living in Fear as a Muslim-American Veteran Living in Fear as a Muslim-American Veteran

Trump’s America is already hell.

Mar 22, 2018 / Nate Terani

Today’s Life and War

Today’s Life and War Today’s Life and War

From above, there are no souls, only bodies, but they are seen as hollow forms, moving the way atoms do in the universe — ​unseen.

Mar 21, 2018 / Dunya Mikhail

Alwaleed bin Talal

Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia? Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia?

Harvard, Georgetown, Yale Law School, UNH—all have taken money from the Saudi government or businessmen allied with it.

Mar 20, 2018 / Stanley Heller

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